Tag: The Compost Conversation
Are they maggots in my compost?!
Over the warmer months it is not uncommon, when turning our compost piles, to uncover a particular fly’s larvae (or maggots) in our compost....
What to do with a compost that is too hot?
In last-week’s Compost Conversation we looked at what makes some batches of compost go over temperature (over 68o Celsius), and why that is a...
Too hot to handle
A mistake we humans often make is to think that if something is good, more of it will be better.
We can make this mistake...
Does composting really reduce greenhouse emissions?
I’m sure we have heard that putting food scraps in our general waste bin, then burying them in a landfill site produces greenhouse emissions...
Would you like chips with that?
Wood chips can contribute to making some of the best and also some of the worst composts, it has a lot to do with...
Be a better composter in 2025
Welcome back to the Compost Conversation for 2025, and a happy new year to all our readers.
Here at YIMBY we are still bursting with...
Don’t kill your compost, it’s alive!
Good quality, home-made compost is teaming with life, and because of this we need to care for it, to the very end! When we...
Is that mulch or is it compost?
There is no agreed definition of what compost actually is or isn’t, and a huge array of commercial products sold as ‘compost’ look more...
Seaweed in compost? Yes but…
The answer to the question of whether adding seaweed to our compost will enhance it, is a simple yes. Seaweed is a rich source...
A very tiny, big issue
I was chatting to new YIMBY composter Laura Jade about things that make it through our compost piles virtually unscathed. Laura started composting with...
How to test for herbicide residues
In last week’s conversation we looked at synthetic auxins, a group of persistent herbicides that can have devastating impacts on broad-leafed plants like beans...
Invisible, persistent killer
‘Synthetic auxins’ are a group of herbicides that have been quietly killing off backyard and market gardens in our region for some time now.
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